Chapter 2
ICE
Cursing inwardly, I ran down the stairs to the video room. X would not be pleased with what I had to tell him. If the little woman had really given me up to the police, there would be no opportunity to execute the convicted person any time soon. I could not withhold the information from X, though. He would find out sooner or later. I wasn’t worried about the punishment I had to expect. Much more, I feared that he would order the execution of the woman. Why did she have to get involved? Damn it!
I entered the video room, where I kept in touch with X. I had never seen my mentor in my life. I didn’t even know his true voice because it was blurred by a voice-distorter. I sat down in the chair in front of the camera. Although I could not see X, the camera transferred my picture
